Waiting 17 months for an appeal…

January 14, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts

Paula is depressed. She has no motivation to look after herself, to eat or to get dressed. Some days she stays in bed and doesn't open the curtains. Felix McHugh discusses the hurdles one of his clients faces in trying to navigate the welfare system.

“Leave. Go to Brixton- you’ll make it there”

January 11, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts

I am a Palestinian British Muslim. I take great pride in my dual heritage. There shouldn't be a price to pay for this duality, but there is. I have paid it always reluctantly, occasionally resentfully and once or twice bitterly, writes Faisal Mikdadi